Industry titans from the packaging world convened in Chicago this week at the Fastmarkets’ Forest Products North America Conference & International Containerboard Conference. Read our key takeaways from the CEO discussion panels below.

Packagers moving from plastic to paper, particularly Amazon’s work to eliminate plastic bubble wrap with paper, contributed to the increase in shipments.

Read an excerpt of our weekly lumber commentary, this week featuring insights on the impacts of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

Read a snippet of the monthly paper packaging monitor, analyzing key trends in the North American paper packaging demand, production, shipments, inventories, capacity, operating rates and trade.

Learn about how wildfires have influenced lumber prices in recent years.

Annual demand growth is forecast to come in at 2% from 2024-2028

The next assessment will be published Wednesday, September 25. Pallet price specifications are as follows: Size: 48×40 inches Species: Western softwood Location: delivered Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Dallas, Seattle, Los Angeles Grades: GMA A-Grade Unit: US dollars per pallet Payment terms: Cash terms, no discounts included Publication: Monthly, last Wednesday of each month, 3:00 […]

Fastmarkets will initiate the planned update of its suite of North American non-ferrous scrap dealer buying prices on Tuesday September 2, following a 30-day consultation period.

Green steel premiums in the US are off to a slow start, compared to the figures mills are collecting in Europe and Asia

Fastmarkets is proposing a comprehensive overhaul of its suite of North American non-ferrous scrap dealer buying prices to improve the accuracy of its price assessments amid low levels of liquidity in select markets.